Gastroenterology & Hepatology

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (659+ words) Scientists have uncovered a natural braking system that helps the immune system switch off inflammation and prevent harmful immune cells from building up. Boosting this pathway in people reduced inflammation-related immune changes and sped up pain relief, pointing toward potential…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago   (636+ words) The earliest fingerprints of an aging brain may be visible not in memory lapses or mood changes, but in an unexpected place: the gut....

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (667+ words) Colorectal cancer remains one of the deadliest malignancies worldwide, and even the most aggressive chemotherapy regimens can fail in a frustratingly subtle way. Tumors often shrink in response to treatment, yet a small population of cells survives in a quiet,…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (256+ words) Editor’s note: This is an automatically generated transcript, which has been slightly edited for clarity. Please notify [email protected] if there are concerns regarding accuracy of the transcription. Going back to our discussion about promising therapies in the pipeline, the phase…...

4+ hour ago   (89+ words) People with Down syndrome face a markedly elevated risk of obesity and its metabolic complications compared with the general population, yet the biological reasons behind this vulnerability have remained frustratingly opaque. Now, a team of French researchers has traced part…...

6+ hour, 4+ min ago   (636+ words) A rare and devastating genetic condition known as Diarrhea-9 has long frustrated scientists trying to understand exactly how it destroys the newborn intestine....

7+ hour, 13+ min ago   (83+ words) Bile acids have long been typecast as the body’s detergents—steroid molecules manufactured by the liver, stored in the gallbladder and released into the small intestine to emulsify dietary fats. A new commentary published in Holistic Integrative Oncology argues that…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago   (724+ words) Chronic liver disease remains one of the most burdensome health challenges worldwide, encompassing a spectrum of conditions that damage the liver over months to years through viral infection, alcohol consumption, toxic injury, or metabolic dysfunction....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (199+ words) Also, Dr. Sameer Islam explains in a YouTube video that "you will not develop toxins in your body [because] there is really nothing pathological about having stool inside your colon." However, he does note that stool build-up can cause severe…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (654+ words) A team of researchers in China has uncovered a genetic clue that may help explain why some patients develop immunoglobulin G4-related disease, a chronic fibroinflammatory condition that can strike the pancreas, salivary glands, and other organs....